Re: [GZG] Troop potential

The romans did have this problem, and it didn't go well for them. The
Marian reforms are another great analogy for the "warrior caste"
approach to genetics. Better military? Certainly, and precisely when
the world was getting dangerous and the Romans needed a
professionalized army. It also lead directly to replacing the republic
with a dictatorship. The intervening factor was that roman social and
economic policy was a mess, making the whole country ripe for
revolution.

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 5:04 AM, hott <hott@haynes.it> wrote:
> Didn't the Romans do it with retired legionaries - give them a parcel
> of land in whatever country they were and wish them well.

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